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Square is changing its name to Block, effective December 10, and renaming Square Crypto to Spiral, as its business shifts toward technologies like blockchain — - Payments giant Square will change its corporate name to Block, effective Dec. 10. — The move comes as Square expands beyond …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
In a filing in the Epic lawsuit, Apple says it “could charge a commission” if developers use a competing payments platform, following a similar Google policy — Although the appeal of the Apple-Epic lawsuit is ongoing, Apple is currently subject to the judge's decision …
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Scribd, XDA Developers, PYMNTS.com, AppleInsider, CNET, FOSS Patents, MacDailyNews, Pocketnow, and iDownloadBlog.com
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| The Markup: |
Investigation finds US predictive policing tool PredPol, used countrywide, often perpetuates biases by directing police to poor, Black, and Latino neighborhoods — Plainfield, N.J. Plainfield, N.J. Los Angeles — Orange County, Fla.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple, which cut its projected iPhone 13 production targets for 2021 by up to 10M units, tells suppliers that it may not make up the shortfall in 2022 — Apple Inc., suffering from a global supply crunch, is now confronting a different problem: slowing demand.| The Verge: |
Report: Google's Pixel hardware group is working on the company's first smartwatch, internally codenamed “Rohan”, which it plans to launch next year — A Pixel Watch is finally in the works — Google is finally making its own in-house smartwatch that's set to launch in 2022 …
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| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
AI researcher Timnit Gebru, who left Google last year, launches Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research, an institute focused on the responsible use of AI — The researcher, who says Google fired her a year ago, wants to ask questions about responsible use of artificial intelligence.
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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
DeFi protocol BadgerDAO is investigating after security researchers say $120.3M was stolen from users via its compromised front end — Quick Take — DeFi protocol BadgerDAO was exploited earlier today for $120 million. — It appears that its front end was compromised and users were tricked into making unwanted transactions.
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VICE, CoinDesk, Coinspeaker, Crypto Briefing, CryptoSlate, Bitcoin News, Blockworks, Bankless Times, and Decrypt
Tweets: @badgerdao, @nexusmutual, @johnkoetsier, @arvidkahl, @pinboard, @joshmcgruff, @charlesarthur, and @johnmgran
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces the best apps and games of 2021, across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch, and the most downloaded apps of the year — Apple today released its anticipated annual list of the best apps and games of the year across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Watch.
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Tweets: @petterkarlsson, @draggles, @cyanworlds, @_fredrik, and @marcsettle
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
In its end-of-year threat report, Meta says it took down several global disinformation networks, including anti-vaccine groups and groups linked to state actors — The takedowns described in the company's latest threat report demonstrate how the cat-and-mouse game between Facebook and bad actors is escalating
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Interviews with 16 current and former Apple retail, support, and sales employees detail harsh working conditions, poor pay, and little interest from HR — The company's hourly workers say conditions are untenable. Does Apple care? — Illustrations by Jesse Zhang| CNBC: |
Meta expands the number of eligible regulatory licenses for running crypto ads on Facebook and Instagram from three to 27 — - Facebook on Wednesday announced its decision to reverse long-standing policy that prevented most cryptocurrency companies from running ads on its services.
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Facebook makes 2FA mandatory for high-risk accounts, an expansion of Facebook Protect, which covers 1.5M accounts and will be in 50 countries by the end of 2021 — Facebook, a recently added subsidiary of Meta, said it will make two-factor authentication (2FA) mandatory for high-risk accounts likely …
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Meta, XDA Developers, Protocol, Wired, MobileSyrup, Engadget, The Hill, 9to5Mac, Neowin, The Hacker News, The Record, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @politicoryan and @alexvoica
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
DOJ charges an ex-employee of IoT manufacturer Ubiquiti with data theft and for attempting to extort his employer while posing as a whistleblower and a hacker — Nickolas Sharp, a former employee of networking device maker Ubiquiti, was arrested and charged today with data theft and attempting …
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U.S. Department of Justice, Krebs on Security, Protocol, CyberScoop, The Verge, TNW, SecurityWeek, IT PRO, and The Record
Tweets: @bleepincomputer, @randomoracle, @kevinmitnick, @magoo, @j_opdenakker, @cr3, @campuscodi, and @troyhunt
| Reuters: |
Grab begins trading on the Nasdaq after a record SPAC merger valuing it at $40B and raising $4.5B, the largest US listing by a Southeast Asian company — Grab, Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing and delivery firm, makes its market debut on Thursday after a record $40 billion merger … | Berber Jin / The Information: |
Sources: Instacart is planning to launch a 15-minute-or-less grocery delivery pilot for US customers, from existing partner stores — For Instacart, the leading U.S. grocery delivery company, being fast may not be fast enough. — The $39 billion-valuation startup is planning to launch …
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PYMNTS.com, 9to5Mac, Tech in Asia, Entrackr, and The Economic Times
Tweets: @eliotwb, @elizabeth_joh, and @sarthakgh
| Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch: |
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Gaming Platform for Android gaming devices, partners with Razer on a handheld dev kit with a 6.65" 120Hz OLED display — Snapdragon's G3x is Qualcomm's fantastically exciting bid to embrace the gaming market — a brand new reach for the manufacturer …
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Qualcomm, THE ELEC, Korea …, SamMobile, PCMag, UploadVR, Android Headlines, The Verge, Qualcomm, and TechRadar. Tweets: @snapdragon_uk
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
AWS announces Amplify Studio, a Figma-connected low-code service to help developers build cloud apps, as an extension of its AWS Amplify service — At its re:Invent conference, AWS today announced Amplify Studio, a new Figma-connected no-code/low-code service that is meant to help developers quickly build cloud-connected apps.| Olivia Solon / NBC News: |
Meta partners with UK nonprofit Revenge Porn Helpline to let victims get their intimate images “hashed” and prevent them from appearing on online platforms — Facebook's parent company, Meta, has worked with the U.K.-based nonprofit Revenge Porn Helpline to build a tool …
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Meta, PetaPixel, The US Sun, Neowin, Mashable, and Protocol
Tweets: @oliviasolon, @oliviasolon, @oliviasolon, and @andymstone
| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
London-based Glorify, a Christian app that offers audio prayers and more, raises a $40M Series A led by a16z at a $250M valuation — Glorify attracts investment from VC firms as well as Kris Jenner and Michael Bublé — An app that helps Christians connect to God has attracted investment …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta's NPE team recently set up an office in Lagos and plans another in Asia as it changes strategy to include making seed investments in small teams — Meta's (formerly, Facebook's) experimental app division, the NPE team, is shifting gears. The group, which first launched in mid-2019 … | Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Jokr, a rapid grocery delivery service in the US and Latin America, raises a $260M Series B at a $1.2B valuation, five months after raising a $170M Series A — Online grocery sales are in single digits right now, but new data suggests it will top 20% by 2026 due to more consumers getting comfortable buying …
Tweets: @brianmcc and @kevinroose
| Tim Casey / Forbes: |
100 Thieves, which manages professional esports teams and 15 video game streamers, raises a $60M Series C at a $460M valuation, up from $160M in July 2019 — During the 2017 NBA Finals, Matt Haag flew to Oakland, Calif., to meet with Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Bloomberg, Tubefilter, Yahoo Entertainment, dexerto.com, and VentureBeat
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Five major education publishers sue Shopify for $500M+ over failing to remove pirated textbooks and other content that violate their trademarks and copyrights — Textbook pirates are selling stolen learning materials on the platform, according to a lawsuit| Washington Post: |
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles says a hacker gained access to its network in October, compromising the information of ~400,000 patients including clinical data — A hacker gained access to the personal information of hundreds of thousands of Planned Parenthood patients in October …
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